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Project / Collection Additional Manuscripts Place Edinburgh, Scotland Level [40] File

1. Add MS 4158

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State papers of John Thurloe, Secretary of State, 1657-1660
Scope & Content:
The documents here formed part of the original collection of John Thurloe (d. 1668), Secretary to the Council of State and subsequently to the two Cromwells, Lord Protectors. They illuminate both the domestic and international politics of the period, as also the scope of Thurloe's intelligence s...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Cipher, Dutch, English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1657-1660
Extent:
1 volume

2. Add MS 4293

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Miscellaneous warrants, letters. etc., chiefly original, collected by Thomas Birch; 1536-1765. The names of the writers, etc., are to be found in the Index of the present Catalogue. The more important articles are described below:- (1) Warrant of Henry VIII to Sir Thomas Audeley, Chancellor of...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1536-1765
Extent:
1 item

3. Add MS 4434

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ROYAL SOCIETY PAPERS. Vol. III (ff. 327). (1) An account by Dr. Thomas Stack of a tract entitled 'Johannis Matthaei Barthii ... de Culice Dissertatio'; 1737. ff. 1-2b. (2) Accounts by Mark Catesby, F.R.S., of René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur's 'Memoires pour servir à l'histoire des Insectes'...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Italian, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
1736-1738
Extent:
1 item

4. Add MS 22922

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"REPORT made to the Lordes of his Majesties Privy Councill concerning the late tumult" at Edinburgh, 24 Nov. 1664; Edinburgh, 24 Dec. 1664. Followed by a note of approval by the Privy Council, 27 Dec. 1664, signed by Peter Wedderburne, clerk, and by the depositions of witnesses. At f. 42 are the...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Dec 1664-27 Dec 1664
Extent:
1 item

5. Add MS 23109

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Copies and drafts of papers and letters to Scotland; 1189- 1669, viz.: 1. "Copia scripture facte per Richardum Primum Regem Anglie Guilielmo Regi Scocie, anno ejus prima" [l189], f. 2. 2. "Responsio Cesaris [Charles V.] ad foederatorum proposita, 12 Febr. 1527," f. 2. 3. Address of the Scotc...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1189-1669
Extent:
1 item

6. Add MS 23121

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Jan. - March 1664. James Sharp, Minister of Crail, afterwards Archbishop of St. Andrews: Engagement relating to the sees of Aberdeen and Orkney: 1664. Sir William Sharp, of Stoniehill; Keeper of the Signet of Scotland: Letters to the Duke of Lauderdale: 1660-1674. includes: f. 1 James Bailli...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan 1664-Mar 1664
Extent:
1 item

7. Add MS 23135

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March 1671 - Sept. 1673. Archibald Campbell, 9th Earl of Argyll: Letters to the Duke of Lauderdale: 1660-1685. includes: ff. 1, 38, 44, 52 Charles Seton, 2nd Earl of Dunfermline: Letters to his nephew, Lord Lauderdale: 1657-1671. ff. 5-284, passim Alexander Bruce, 2nd Earl of Kincardine: Lett...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
Mar 1671-Sep 1673
Extent:
1 item

8. Add MS 23136

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1673 - 1674. Archibald Campbell, 9th Earl of Argyll: Letters to the Duke of Lauderdale: 1660-1685. includes: f. 1 Kingdom of Scotland: Warrant to the Treasury from Charles II.: 1673. f. 1 John Carmichael, Lord Carmichael, afterwards 1st Earl of Hyndford: Royal warrant in his favour: 1673. ff....
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1673-1674
Extent:
1 item

9. Add MS 23137

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Dec. 1674 - April 1676. Archibald Campbell, 9th Earl of Argyll: Letters to the Duke of Lauderdale: 1660-1685. includes: f. 1 Charles Maitland, 3rd Earl of Lauderdale; of Hatton: Letters to the Duchess of Lauderdale: 1674-1683. f. 5 Robert Macgill, 2nd Viscount Oxford: Letter to Lord Linlithgo...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Dec 1674-Apr 1676
Extent:
1 item

10. Add MS 23822

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Vol. xliii. Jan.-June, 1746. Thomas Villiers, 1st Earl of Clarendon: Letters to Sir T. Robinson, with enclosures: 1736-1747. Arthur Villettes, Secretary to the British Embassy at Turin, and Resident at Berne: Letters to T. Robinson, with enclosures: 1733-1750. Robert Trevor, Minister at the H...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
Jan 1746-Jun 1746
Extent:
1 item